The Herd At Valor Through Gestalt

Horses have been a partner to humans for centuries. They have done everything humans have asked while we have never asked what they had to say. In this method, they are very much a partner. I ask my herd who wants to be my equine partner and has the most to offer when a client comes up. They are my connection to our creator and my source of learning and healing. They are firm in their understandings of life and gentle in their expressions and healing. Horses are also not a creature that people have easy access to anymore. Part of the beauty in this work is that no horse experience is required to come out for a session.

We do not ride or engage in activities and try to get them to do what we want; we allow them to tell us what they want us to hear and show up how they feel necessary. Horses also live in a constant state of Gestalt: completely in the moment. They don’t dwell on the fact that breakfast was 10 minutes late this morning or care that a lesson was canceled. Horses don’t stand and worry whether their human is OK when we are late getting to the barn or if we miss a day of seeing them. They enjoy their food while they are eating, they will walk up to another horse that always pins their ears at them and still ask for approval, they will stop what they are doing and force humans into the moment by doing things that are generally referred to as “naughty.”